Water-heating mantel



(No Model.)

J. FRIEDLANDER.

WATER HEATING MANTBL.

N0.'395,04 7. Patented D80. 25; 1.888.

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UNITED STATES. PATENT ()FFICE.

JACOB FRIEDLANDER, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

WATER=HEAT|NG MANTEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,047, dated December25, 1888.

Application filed November 17, 1887. Serial No. 255,444. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB FRIEDLANDER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee,have invented a new and useful ater-Heating Mantel, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to water-heating mantels; and it has for its objectto produce a mantel of this character which will effectually heat theroom without the generation of foul or dry air, and one which maybeconstructed in a simple manner and at a small expense.

To this end my invention consists in the peculiar construction of amantel and its novel connection with a fire-place, all of which will beclearly set forth in the annexed specification, and particularly pointedout in the claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved Fig. 2 is an endelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line A B,Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 isa horizontal section on the line B S, Fig. 1.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the mantel, provided with theusual the place opening, A, in which is fitted the usual tire-grate, B,as shown.

The mantel A consists, essentially, of the hollow capitals Q Q, arrangedone at each end thereof, the hollow center piece, g, the hollow baseportions, f f, and the top plate, p p.

The hollow capitals Q Q and their respective base portions, f f, areconnected together by a series of verticalradiating pipes, a a, and saidcapitals Q Q are connected to the center piece, g, by similar pipes, a.The pipes a a" are ordinarily to be of about one inch in diameter, andhave their outer surfaces highly polished or niekeled, so as to serve asan ornamentation to the mantel when in place.

It will be observed by reference to the drawings that one set of thepipes, a, is arranged at each side of the grate-opening and the pipes toa" are arranged above said opening; but all of said pipes are arrangedon the outer face of the mantel-back proper.

Within the base portions, ff, and a short distance from the floor areformed bottom plates, f, and the rear walls of said base portions abovethe plate f communicate with horizontally-disposed pipes d, which aresecurely built into the brick-work of the chimneybreast, and whichconsist each of a section, at, which enters the fire-place opening andabuts against the grate, and an elbow portion, 61 which opens into thebase portions, f, as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

At each end of the mantel, just below the top 19 p, the capitals Q areformed with a series of small air-holes, h h,whereby a constantcommunication is kept up between the inside of the mantel and the outerair. Just above the center piece, g, the top p is provided with a hingedsection, 9', whereby an opening is formed in the upper part of saidmantel to readily admit the en trance for the water when the mantel andpipes are to be filled.

The operation'of my improvement is as follows: After the mantel has beenproperly set up to the chimney-breast water is poured in at the openingat the top of the mantel above the center piece, the air within themantel and pipes readily escaping through the apertures h 71. Fire isthen built in the grate. The water which is contained in the horizontalpipes d (I will then soon become heated and ascend to the top of themantel, and the colder water Will descend until the entire area of waterwill have been completely heated to a uniform degree. The hot water,passing through the pipes or a and the hollow portions of the mantel,will then present a large 11 eating-surface, and thereby quicklyincrease the temperature of the room. By this construction of mantel itwill be seen that the room may be quickly heated, dry or foul air isavoided, and the cost of heating the room being but nominal incomparison with the ordinary heatinggrate, as only a very smallgratesurface and a small quantity of fuel will be necessary to heat thewater, which may be distributed over a large area of the mantels frontsurface.

While I have shown and described a mantel constructed to heat but oneroom, it is manifest that the mantels of different rooms may beconnected by pipes and the water forced through both mantels with firein but one grate.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drz'iwings,the ad vantages It will be observed that but a very small surface of thewater-reser\'oir is in contact with the tirespaee, and. all danger ofet'mverting' the entire water-body into steam and causing accidents byexplosion is thereby avoided. 3y connect in the upper and lowereonipartinents with the pipes a o and arranging the waterspace in themantel as shown, the entireheating-surt'ace is to the face or front ofthe lirebox, and by this arrangement the cost of con struetion is but avery small addition to the construction of ordinaryinantels nowin use,and the necessity of building the l'ieatingspaces at the baek or sidesof the tire-space is avoided.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby letters Patent, 1S?

The combination, with attire-Macehavinga grate, ll, of a water-nmntelconsisting of the lu')llow"base portions, 7', the hollow upperportiions, Q, the conneeting-pipes (l u, saidpipes I projected beyondthe face of the mantel, the horizontally disymsed pipes (I, built in theehimney-breast, said pipes consisting" of pertions (7, entering thelire-place opening, and elbow portions connected with the hollow baseportions, f, air-openings 7:,t'orn1ed in the tops (.2, and a\vatcw-inlet opening provided in the mantel, all arranged substantiallyas and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

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GEO. S. HAYDEN. Jot-IN 'l. ELLIO'IT.

